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- ↑ Simmons-Winter, Shakeemah (September 20, 2021). "ESPN Launches New Show NBA Today on October 18". ESPN PR. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ↑ "ESPN's Malika Andrews to host 'NBA Today,' replacing 'The Jump'". Awful Announcing. September 20, 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ↑ "It's time for ESPN's "NBA Today" crew to finally fix their decades-long NBA Countdown disaster". Awful Announcing. July 7, 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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